Story of the Stoncutter shows that greed and stressing about place in society is rather useless because you will only spend time and effort without any achievements. Greed leads to more greed, leading humans to be corrupt and to go against the nature, just like Taoism suggests. It is best to free your mind and stay at where you are where you can perform the best.
Explain the significance of the following line from the Tao Te Ching: “From caring comes courage.”
Tz’u is the caring heart and compassion. Through the caring mind, courage and wisdom is born. An example is given in the book when Roo is in trouble. He is drowning in a fast flowing stream. At that moment, Pooh manages to use a long stick to save Roo. When Christopher Robin asks Pooh how he did that, Pooh replies that he “just did.” Pooh had the Tz’u, which is the caring mind, that just caused him to rescue Roo without much thought. It was through this caring mind that courage to do try anything and the wisdom to use the stick. When a person has Tz’u, then that person knows the “Good Thing to Do without thinking about it.”
Where does one find Wisdom, Happiness and Courage?
One can start to look for happiness by being appreciative of themselves. This follows the logic that if you are not miserable, you would be in turn happy, therefore, you could also start to find happiness by not being miserable. Also, a simple analogy is made between looking for Wisdom, Happiness and Courage with going on a trip. Every journy has to start with the first step, Wisdom happiness and courage is not waiting out there, but one must go on an endless journey, there is no end nor a beginning.
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- What is the significance of The Stonecutter?
Story of the Stoncutter shows that greed and stressing about place in society is rather useless because you will only spend time and effort without any achievements. Greed leads to more greed, leading humans to be corrupt and to go against the nature, just like Taoism suggests. It is best to free your mind and stay at where you are where you can perform the best.- Explain the significance of the following line from the Tao Te Ching: “From caring comes courage.”
Tz’u is the caring heart and compassion. Through the caring mind, courage and wisdom is born. An example is given in the book when Roo is in trouble. He is drowning in a fast flowing stream. At that moment, Pooh manages to use a long stick to save Roo. When Christopher Robin asks Pooh how he did that, Pooh replies that he “just did.” Pooh had the Tz’u, which is the caring mind, that just caused him to rescue Roo without much thought. It was through this caring mind that courage to do try anything and the wisdom to use the stick. When a person has Tz’u, then that person knows the “Good Thing to Do without thinking about it.”- Where does one find Wisdom, Happiness and Courage?
One can start to look for happiness by being appreciative of themselves. This follows the logic that if you are not miserable, you would be in turn happy, therefore, you could also start to find happiness by not being miserable. Also, a simple analogy is made between looking for Wisdom, Happiness and Courage with going on a trip. Every journy has to start with the first step, Wisdom happiness and courage is not waiting out there, but one must go on an endless journey, there is no end nor a beginning.